Rain-coat.



PATEIITJTD APR. 26, 1904.

B. E. TERWILLEGER.

RAIN GOAT.

APPLICATION FILED SEPT. a, 1903.

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I 1 Invcnt or EEZZrM/wger Attorney 7 Witncsses UNITED STATES Patented April 26, I904.

PATENT OFF CE.

RAIN-COAT.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 758,487, dated April 26, 1904.

I Application filed gptember 8, 1903. Serial No. 172,313. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, BERTRAND EUGENE TER- WILLEGER, a citizen of the United States, residing at Lincoln University, in the county of Chester and State of Pennsylvania, have inventedcertain new and useful Improvements in Rain-Coats; and I do declare the following to be'a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same. V

My invention is an improved rain-coat provided at its lower edge withcflaps adaptedto be upturned at their ends to form gutters into which the water which runs down on the coat passes, the said gutters discharging the water at the centers of the sides of the coat and preventing the feet and legs of the wearer from becoming wetted thereby.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure l is an elevation of a coat embodying my improvements, showing the same spread out and with the flaps at its lower edge downturned. Fig. 2 is a side elevation ofthe same, showing the flaps upturned to form gutters which discharge at the centers of the sides of the coat.

My improved rain-coat may be of any preferred pattern. At theback it is split up from its lower edge for the distance of several inches, as at 2. From the back to the centers of'the sides of the coat, at the lower edge thereof, are formed flaps 8, which hang down under ordinary circumstances and may be upturned during a rain, the said flapsbeing supported in an upturned position by fastening devices 4 of any suitable form at the inner upper corners of said flaps. The lower edges of the coat from the central portions of its sides to the front edges thereof are also upturned to form flaps 5, which flaps may be fastened at their upper corners by suitable fastening devices 6. Said flaps 3 5 are bias or triangular in form and when thus upturned form gutters at the lower edges of the sides Letters Patent, is

of the coat, which gutters incline downwardly toward the centers of the sides of the coat and discharge, as at 7 at points at the lower edges of the sides of the coat, so that the rain which descends upon the coat is caught by the said gutters and discharged at the sides of the coat, and thereby the feet and legs of the wearer are prevented from getting wet. I

From the foregoing description, taken in connection with the accompanying drawings,

' I the construction and operation of the invention will be readily understood without requiring a more extended explanation.

Various changes in the form, proportion, and the minor details of construction may be resorted to without departing from the principle or sacrificing any of the advantages of this invention.

Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by 1. A garment of the class described, having triangular flaps at its lower edge, and means to secure the flaps in upturned position to form drain-gutters. 2. A garment of the class described, having upturned triangular flaps forming drain-gutters extending from-back to front, and discharging at the centers of the sides of the garment.

3. A rain-coat split, as at 2, and formed with triangular flaps at its lower edges adapted to be upturned to form drain-gutters to discharge at the centers of the sides of the coat, and means to secure said flaps when thus upturned, said securing means enabling the flaps to be detached therefrom at will.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand in presence of two. subscribing witnesses.

BERTRAND EUGENE TERWILLEGER.

Witnesses:

J. HAYEs TURNER, D. R. JoHNsoN. 

